Jarrad Wagner

Dr. Jarrad Wagner is a Professor of Forensic Sciences at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU CHS), where he specializes in research and instruction in Forensic Toxicology and Trace Analytical Chemistry, including post-blast investigations and clandestine laboratories.  Dr. Wagner founded the OSU Forensic Toxicology and Trace Laboratory at OSU where he focuses on analytical method development and applications with a variety of advanced chromatographic techniques and also supervises research in clandestine laboratory and post blast scenarios.  He provides training to federal, state, and local personnel on illicit drug laboratories and also in the recognition of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) clandestine laboratories, namely those of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE) nature.

Jarrad served as the Director of the State of Oklahoma Public Health Laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic.  He formerly served as a Chemist in the Hazardous Materials Response Unit of the FBI Laboratory, where he specialized in crime scene investigations involving hazardous materials throughout the world.  Prior to the FBI, his law enforcement experience includes his time as a Forensic Scientist in the Toxicology section of the Orange County (CA) Sheriff-Coroner’s office and his service as a Reserve Police Officer in the City of Irvine, CA.  Dr. Wagner earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of California at Irvine and undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry.